Last but not least was Xmas with my family. I went over in the morning and spent all day there. Waited for Charlie to get off work and come open his presents, and then we scooted home. It was a great day!

Savannah mimicking my parents dog:)

Charlie opening his Kinect that we got him!

Checking out the dog up close and personal!

Everyone gets a VS bag with a little something special!

Playing with his new train:)

She was good at this part.

As I mentioned before, my parents have an exchange student living with them. She was skyping with her family on xmas and Savannah was so intrigued. lol

LOVE her:)

Starting them young with a laptop!

She is so good to my kids. Love you mom!

Since Charlie worked both days of the holiday, we decided to keep Savannah up a little past her bedtime and do our family Christmas on Christmas Eve. Charlie's work was kind enough to let him off a little early so it wouldn't be as bad for the kids. I started a tradition last year of making breakfast casserole on Christmas morning, but instead I made it that night and we had breakfast for dinner!

Our tree this year!

Savannah helped decorate the kids tree upstairs:)

Love this tree. Lots of special ornaments on it!

Helping mommy bake cookies for Santa!

Holding his present:)

She loves this castle we got her:)

Lastly, below is our photo with Santa. Mommy will probably be in the picture for the next couple of years unless Baby C has some unatural "no problem" attitude towards Santa. Of course this year he could care less. Next year will be a different story. Savannah next year will probably just be easing up to him. Alas this is why mommy has a few more Santa pictures in her future:)

Charlie had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year. Bummer:( Next year will be better scheduling we hope! So he did have some other days off before hand, and we decided to do Christmas with his family on that Thursday before Christmas. That way he could really enjoy his time with his family. We spent most of the day there and had a great time. His parents made a yummy meal of turkey and all the trimmings. Kinda like Thanksgiving all over, but so good!

Helping Mims with the puzzle!

Love this little girl!

She was good at opening her presents this year!

Uncle Bryan



Pops and Baby C:)



Savi got a big dollhouse from Mims and Pops!

She loved it!

He is just happy wherever he is:)

He can balance on his arms!

The weekend before Christmas we traveled to Tyler for Charlie's extended family gift exchange and getogether. It's always hard to travel with the kids but it was fun.

Loved her outfit!

Julie(Charlie's cousin) and Baby C

Last weekend we threw a baby shower for my friend Cathy. I co hosted with another friend and our theme was sailor. It matched his nursery. This is her second little boy. It turned out great and we had lots of fun celebrating him! He will be here in 2 weeks or less:)

I got her this cute lion towel set:)

Cathy and I (and Baby Joey)


Holley(Co Hostess), Cathy, and Me

Holley's decor!

Little parfaits I made with ship flags that say S.S Joseph

FOOD!

He just screams happy. He loves to smile:)